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is this a general science course or is this for science major? >> no, it's a course -- we have an elite program here called plan to mac that students i think largely self-selected into but it's more demanded that this is one of the courses in plan to that is supposed to sing to are not and usually science students, some feeling for the way science is done and the kind of reasoning that goes into science. and so i do little elements, algebraic calculations on the board but it's mostly history and the history of the development of science from the early greeks to the scientific revolution of the 17th century. and then a little bit about what happened after that. >> with one of your biggest frustrations teaching freshman? and biggest choice because i don't feel too much frustration. every morning, i teach from 9:30-10:45. every morning, tuesdays and thursdays, and every morning, every tuesday and thursday morning i have an adrenaline rush that i'm going to be on stage talking to these bright kids. i think it's all pleasure. i don't like marking. tha
is this a general science course or is this for science major? >> no, it's a course -- we have an elite program here called plan to mac that students i think largely self-selected into but it's more demanded that this is one of the courses in plan to that is supposed to sing to are not and usually science students, some feeling for the way science is done and the kind of reasoning that goes into science. and so i do little elements, algebraic calculations on the board but it's mostly...
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with that of a and/or a falling but also crowds were saying i started novel you add it to its even the science they find the individual is better out -- better trying to figure out people are working on a particular project shortly after the revolution there a little baby girl was born and her dad named to her facebook >> booktv is on twitter. follow was for reagan or updates on our programming and views on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> now on your screen on booktv is keni thomas, and he has written this book, "get it on!: what it means to lead the way." keni thomas, tell us about your experience with your connection with "black hawk down." i was part of the 75th ranger regiment and we are part of the guys who went in on that mission. >> ninety-four? >> ninety-three. it was initially a raid. everything changed when the first helicopter got shot down, just like that. the course of our lives changed. so when i get from that is in way that will make it out of some to come you spend the rest of your life thanking the people that were on your left and you're right that day. b
with that of a and/or a falling but also crowds were saying i started novel you add it to its even the science they find the individual is better out -- better trying to figure out people are working on a particular project shortly after the revolution there a little baby girl was born and her dad named to her facebook >> booktv is on twitter. follow was for reagan or updates on our programming and views on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> now on your screen on...
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and particularly now in science and medicine. and it's no wonder students want to come here from every part of the world and the should come and they should be welcomed here and they should be encouraged once they complete their training if they wish to stay to stay. [applause] it is so short-sighted, so stupid. [applause] to give them all this advantage and to welcome them into our country. i went to yale university there are now students at yale university from 100 different countries. imagine. that's a thrilling. think what the american students, who are going to college and university and graduate school with those on our students are learning from them. it couldn't be a better sign of progress to come. and i say let's do everything we can to keep them coming our way and let's do everything we can to get the best of them to express some of their ambition and their gift share in this country at least for a while if not for life. >> a to boca raton florida. you are on book tv. >> i greatly enjoyed your book a greater germany. y
and particularly now in science and medicine. and it's no wonder students want to come here from every part of the world and the should come and they should be welcomed here and they should be encouraged once they complete their training if they wish to stay to stay. [applause] it is so short-sighted, so stupid. [applause] to give them all this advantage and to welcome them into our country. i went to yale university there are now students at yale university from 100 different countries....
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barriers between science andarrs art. there should be no barriers between science and art. the fact that morris was both a painter and a scientist was not seen as incongruous or somehow a contradiction. so be careful if you tell your children or your grandchildren you're good in math and science, stay away from english, history or art. nonsense. they should be interested in everything. [applause] >> this is c-span2 at the national book festival. another question from the audience. >> mr. mccullough, thank you for your kind words from your teachers. we try every day to get our students excited about learning. my question is about john adams. how many years did you spend with john researching and writing and what was the best part of it? was there something that you discovered that was a complete surprise? >> i spent seven years working on john adams. and the best part of it was that both he and abigail not only wrote letters and diaries, they poured out their hearts, their innermost feelings, their worries, their frustrations, their anger, their doubt, their affection for ea
barriers between science andarrs art. there should be no barriers between science and art. the fact that morris was both a painter and a scientist was not seen as incongruous or somehow a contradiction. so be careful if you tell your children or your grandchildren you're good in math and science, stay away from english, history or art. nonsense. they should be interested in everything. [applause] >> this is c-span2 at the national book festival. another question from the audience....
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his writings have been featured in "the new york times," "boston globe," "christian science monitor," npr, just to name a few. and he is recognized by the education field, the veteran field and other service organizations as one of the foremost spokespeople for our young veterans today. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dr. jim wright. [applause] >> thank you, bucky. it's an honor for me to be introduced by you. i have admired so much your work on behalf of veterans at the california state university system, particularly as i told you, you and chancellor rhee are really models for individuals were pushing hard to make available opportunities for veterans. and i was down at the marine corps recruit depot last friday, and -- [inaudible] the first time i have been back on that day since i finished boot camp in 1957, and like bucky, i have a drill instructor who surely would roll over in his grave if he knew that i was a reviewing officer on the grinder down there, and i would be very happy to see him roll over in his grave, as a matter of fact,. [laughter] i'm very gratef
his writings have been featured in "the new york times," "boston globe," "christian science monitor," npr, just to name a few. and he is recognized by the education field, the veteran field and other service organizations as one of the foremost spokespeople for our young veterans today. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dr. jim wright. [applause] >> thank you, bucky. it's an honor for me to be introduced by you. i have admired so much your...
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there's such an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math, i would never give short shrift to that, but i would be remiss at the boston book festival if i did not say that we need an a in that. [applause] because without art there won't be any innovation. [applause] there won't be any innovation. so what we need is theme. and when it comes to our economy as well, i'm a very aggressive advocate and a believer in the creative economy. and i know our mayor shares a commitment to that in everything from public art to arts education to arts in education. you know, when i travel, people do talk about that school across the river, harvard, but the next school they'll ask me about is berkeley. you know, we boast so many incredible institutions related to the creative economy, and so i can't be here amongst the tribe and not talk about the humanities and arts. >> i'm looking at the clock, and i see that we're actually only about 10 or 15 minutes from the end of the program, and i want to make sure that if you folks have questions you want to ask of our panel, that you get some of th
there's such an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math, i would never give short shrift to that, but i would be remiss at the boston book festival if i did not say that we need an a in that. [applause] because without art there won't be any innovation. [applause] there won't be any innovation. so what we need is theme. and when it comes to our economy as well, i'm a very aggressive advocate and a believer in the creative economy. and i know our mayor shares a commitment to that...
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it's become a history or political science without proper nouns. no people involved. car legal takes the most extreme opposite position. history is nothing but the biography of great men. it's caricatured as a after anothermen. you cannot get further apart in the view of the world than these two. both arguments make sense. the social scientist following in the tradition of, you know, not just marx but social scientists say there are three reasons why leaders don't matter that much. that the leader of any organization faces external constraint. if you are a ceo of a company you have a competitor. you can't set your price at whatever you want. they are constraints and all the things that happen inside a country or company or military unit. you can't do whatever you want. maybe most importantly leaders are a chosen randomly. most leader of powerful organization that we care that have the ability to reshape history. they're not picked out of a hat. they're pick the abuse the organization is looking for someone with some set of characteristic. >> the leadership process. >>
it's become a history or political science without proper nouns. no people involved. car legal takes the most extreme opposite position. history is nothing but the biography of great men. it's caricatured as a after anothermen. you cannot get further apart in the view of the world than these two. both arguments make sense. the social scientist following in the tradition of, you know, not just marx but social scientists say there are three reasons why leaders don't matter that much. that the...
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if the science is flawed, how many people believe in it? i think there is built into the dna and eight feeling that every generation believes it is the last shapes the world will destroy it through its own evil. looking at religions what they are all about is atoning this since to appease the gods, the aztecs by sacrificing people and sucking blood from the still beating heart. in medieval times -- but today in the movement is by imposing taxes to force everyone to use crack the lightbulbs that give you a headache
if the science is flawed, how many people believe in it? i think there is built into the dna and eight feeling that every generation believes it is the last shapes the world will destroy it through its own evil. looking at religions what they are all about is atoning this since to appease the gods, the aztecs by sacrificing people and sucking blood from the still beating heart. in medieval times -- but today in the movement is by imposing taxes to force everyone to use crack the lightbulbs that...
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here's the science and let's move in that direction. i don't think it's going to be necessarily top-down. i think you are likely right that we need to be role models. we have got to get away from the politics or if you don't agree with me 100% of the time i don't like you anymore. i'm not only going to not vote for you, i don't like you. and when i scream at you at town hall meeting how you are not with us here with the other side, with the enemy or whatever the rhetoric is. so i think it is important that we have mindful constituents, mindful that dripped it recognizes the delicacy of getting legislation passed and has a little more awareness of what it takes to get something passed. and one of the things in this argument is we talk about was doing this right now. the united states marine corps is doing a mindfulness-based mental fitness training and they're studying it and working on granting it up and figuring out how to implement. the family at georgetown is running the program. it is really not a mental resiliency in the soldiers s
here's the science and let's move in that direction. i don't think it's going to be necessarily top-down. i think you are likely right that we need to be role models. we have got to get away from the politics or if you don't agree with me 100% of the time i don't like you anymore. i'm not only going to not vote for you, i don't like you. and when i scream at you at town hall meeting how you are not with us here with the other side, with the enemy or whatever the rhetoric is. so i think it is...
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>> guest: so this has to be one of the oldest debates in thinking about history or social science, the debate that predates the idea that there is such a thing as social science but if you go back to plato or marks, the idea that social forces are what explain human outcomes. the people were there. we are just different people and they died of a heart attack and replaced by someone else. what happened is something that really mattered would have ended up the same. in the essay which is in theory about napoleon he barely mentioned napoleon. it's all about the social force and so this essentially is to quote samuels from an ip has become history without proper nouns. no people involved. on the other hand carlisle makes the most extreme opposite position and he says history is nothing but the biographies of great men. so it seek easily characters at the great man in history. these are two fundamentally incompatible viewpoints. you can get further apart in your view of the world in these two so the problem that both arguments make sense. the social scientists are scientist or the people fo
>> guest: so this has to be one of the oldest debates in thinking about history or social science, the debate that predates the idea that there is such a thing as social science but if you go back to plato or marks, the idea that social forces are what explain human outcomes. the people were there. we are just different people and they died of a heart attack and replaced by someone else. what happened is something that really mattered would have ended up the same. in the essay which is in...
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a number were willing to become a republican to of the science union over antagonism. then we can could see any republican future beyond the border. he did later on. as for the unity of the triumph of the republican party since the inception seward had been a major spokesmen for anti-slavery number weighed this from the irrepressible conflict and had to rappel from the assault on the left and the party asking for compromise did even if the most radical did vote they would offset the loss. sell it would become the great union party and as i said lincoln did turn that party etfs before the hostilities did not. yes he viewed the crisis from the partisan perspective but there was the third fundamental reason. the evidence suggests the visceral hatred of slavery. seward without question never gave slavery equality with free them but convinced with the rapid expansion of the free states with burgeoning economic power this overpowers slavery. to become casualties of what he foresaw as inevitable progress after accomplishing his purpose elected a republican seward was quite wi
a number were willing to become a republican to of the science union over antagonism. then we can could see any republican future beyond the border. he did later on. as for the unity of the triumph of the republican party since the inception seward had been a major spokesmen for anti-slavery number weighed this from the irrepressible conflict and had to rappel from the assault on the left and the party asking for compromise did even if the most radical did vote they would offset the loss. sell...
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., internationally and other areas of social science research to, again, get at this question of what should the future of school reform look like. and they have produced a volume of essays, and if you don't already have it, it's available for sale out front, the future of education reform. and i think the futures of school reform, i think one of the interesting things about the group is that they didn't come to consensus, that wasn't the goal. it was really to help each other hone a set of ideas, a set of proposals that then could be shared to start to get all of us to question our assumptions, to really try and look anew at these issues. so there's some tension in the ideas you'll hear today, there's some come me men tearty, they don't necessarily carve out one vision. that's the job of all of us, how would we reconcile these ideas and make new paths forward. so today we'll hear from six of the authors. each will articulate their big idea. they'll talk a little bit about the problem they think it addresses and why they think it'll improve education. then we'll hear from a couple of
., internationally and other areas of social science research to, again, get at this question of what should the future of school reform look like. and they have produced a volume of essays, and if you don't already have it, it's available for sale out front, the future of education reform. and i think the futures of school reform, i think one of the interesting things about the group is that they didn't come to consensus, that wasn't the goal. it was really to help each other hone a set of...
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i mean, the science of this is really solid. that is what the institute of medicine workshop really landed on. it really is infectious and we have fundamentally misdiagnosed this problem. this is a very important and essential concept that we have been mistreating because we have misdiagnosed it. we need the son in the effort of course, but my original diagnosis which was people did not care enough, there wasn't enough money in it, not the whole thing. it's really that we have really not been applying the right approaches. it feels good blocked. malaria was blocked forever. loudobbs@foxbusiness.com >> which we know more about than 10-15 years ago. actually, we need to know this. it's not consequences. they are not worried about the consequences. they are wiredded not to care. go out into the world and prepare because they are supposed to protect things and do things and save the world. what they care about is what their friends think. that's the way we are evolutionarily wired. furthermore, they need risk. they need risks to be
i mean, the science of this is really solid. that is what the institute of medicine workshop really landed on. it really is infectious and we have fundamentally misdiagnosed this problem. this is a very important and essential concept that we have been mistreating because we have misdiagnosed it. we need the son in the effort of course, but my original diagnosis which was people did not care enough, there wasn't enough money in it, not the whole thing. it's really that we have really not been...
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he has written for the "christian science monitor", npr and recognized by the education field as one of the four most spokespeople for our young veterans today. please join me to welcome dr. james wright. [applause] >> thank you. it is an honor to be introduced bayou. i haven't mired your work with the california state university system. you and the chancellor are models to make opportunities for veterans. last friday i was of a raid officer for boot camp i finished boot camp 1957. i have bedroll instructor who would rollover it his grave the new i was the parade reviewing officer. i would be happy to see him rollover. [laughter] i am unthinkable to speak here. i served with the general on the board. i admire him for his service for the country is day energetic figure who does make a difference. also to my friends in the bay area for publicizing my visit and joining us. san princess go is a special place i have spoke period a number of times. i shipped out of treasure island 1958. we were there preparing. i went to the cape and then discharged 52 years ago 1968. but surely informed b
he has written for the "christian science monitor", npr and recognized by the education field as one of the four most spokespeople for our young veterans today. please join me to welcome dr. james wright. [applause] >> thank you. it is an honor to be introduced bayou. i haven't mired your work with the california state university system. you and the chancellor are models to make opportunities for veterans. last friday i was of a raid officer for boot camp i finished boot camp...
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i know that neither the novelty nor science would call that accidental. einstein said the harmony of the natural law repeals intelligence of such superiority that compared of a systematic thinking and acting of mankind has been utterly insignificant reflection. he thought it all made sense we had to discover this. the theology at its highest level would say the same thing. isn't that it isn't occidental. oxygen is in the accidental and as you would describe the linkage of the progress isn't accidental. i have a scientist tell me recently that a problem with most people's moral view is that they do not consider that the future, they consider the future is something that happens to them not something that they create and i'm just focusing on that accidental part. >> i think there's a lot to what you say. the way that i would phrase it is in the long run the nature has a way of turning accidents and to non-accidents into useful things and making it seem like it had a purpose. if you give it enough evolutionary time that someone will figure out a way to make
i know that neither the novelty nor science would call that accidental. einstein said the harmony of the natural law repeals intelligence of such superiority that compared of a systematic thinking and acting of mankind has been utterly insignificant reflection. he thought it all made sense we had to discover this. the theology at its highest level would say the same thing. isn't that it isn't occidental. oxygen is in the accidental and as you would describe the linkage of the progress isn't...
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we need correct social science. anyway, to make a long story short, i came back and got another meeting in there, and i got huey to come into class and richard and virgil, and i'm arguing again. some of the other black stunts, bobby seale, every time we turn around you running around here in our class, man, with this afro-black talk, man, and i'm trying to get educated. [laughter] anyway, huey gets up in the back room and says i'd like to make a suggestion that for correct social science reference -- who are you, the teacher said? i'm here to support bobby's argument about the need for correct social science reference, and i want to suggest africanoid as opposed to negroid. she said, sit down, mr. seale, okay, i accept this. i said, wait a minute, we've got to equal eyes this terminology. you've been arguing for two weeks, i accept this. i said, no, no, you don't understand what's happening here. first we don't want knee groid. negroid. but the black folks and the people of color, they are either mongoloid or africa
we need correct social science. anyway, to make a long story short, i came back and got another meeting in there, and i got huey to come into class and richard and virgil, and i'm arguing again. some of the other black stunts, bobby seale, every time we turn around you running around here in our class, man, with this afro-black talk, man, and i'm trying to get educated. [laughter] anyway, huey gets up in the back room and says i'd like to make a suggestion that for correct social science...
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i think it is the right description for science. but just to name drop, years before cam up with the idea of question propagation. every answer gets more questions. do scientists rest on their laurels? >> i guess everybody dennis at some time. it is dangerous they tend not to be at all that foundation no. and the one that is the least unleashed is a rehab we were cared for data but also realize they are the most unreliable part. today of what you buy will be overturned bourse superseded by the next generation of scientist and tools. banal it is a victory. >>host: use a science and nature magazine is important to be published. but to recommend to your students you'd recommend not the last issue but 10 years ago? >> they should this year to stay current but with this week's nature i have experiment suggesting that. let's get to work. i know the people have already done the next 10 experiments. the real place to go for a ignorance but in the high blood eight -- high quality papers of the day they did not know what questions to ask to h
i think it is the right description for science. but just to name drop, years before cam up with the idea of question propagation. every answer gets more questions. do scientists rest on their laurels? >> i guess everybody dennis at some time. it is dangerous they tend not to be at all that foundation no. and the one that is the least unleashed is a rehab we were cared for data but also realize they are the most unreliable part. today of what you buy will be overturned bourse superseded...
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it's not rocket science. every major national science academy in the world has reported that global warming is real. it is nothing less than shocking when people in a position of authority can just stand up and say, without documentation, without accepted scientific research, without peer-reviewed analysis; just stand up and say, oh, there isn't enough evidence. and they say it because it suits their political purposes to serve some interest that doesn't want to change the status quo. facts that beg for an unprecedented public response are met with unsubstantiated, even totally contradicted denial. and those who deny have never ever met their de minimis responsibility to provide some scientific answer to what, if not human behavior, is causing the increase in greenhouse gas particulates and how, if not by curbing greenhouse gases, we will address this crisis. in fact, when one measures the effect of taking action versus not taking action, the naysayers' case is even more con founding. just think about it. if
it's not rocket science. every major national science academy in the world has reported that global warming is real. it is nothing less than shocking when people in a position of authority can just stand up and say, without documentation, without accepted scientific research, without peer-reviewed analysis; just stand up and say, oh, there isn't enough evidence. and they say it because it suits their political purposes to serve some interest that doesn't want to change the status quo. facts...
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to do with our culture, our society, our miranda rule rules and regulations than it had to do with science. most american people, at that time, would have truly, literally, preferred to have died than have a man examine their body, and because all doctors were men, alas, thousands of women died unnecessarily because of that. in france and europe, there was no such stigma of women being examined for illness, birth, or whatever by male physicians, none, and equally important, students could make the rounds with a trained physician in the hospital to watch the physician attending, doing examinations of women patients. the second very important roadblock for us was the strong position to the use of cadavers. in many states, really more than half of the states, they were illegal. now, what that meant was that there was a black market for human body, and because of that, the bodies were very expensive, and because of that, students almost never got to dissect a body, a cadaver, whereas in paris, again, france, there was no stigma about it, and so dissecting for hours at a time every day for year
to do with our culture, our society, our miranda rule rules and regulations than it had to do with science. most american people, at that time, would have truly, literally, preferred to have died than have a man examine their body, and because all doctors were men, alas, thousands of women died unnecessarily because of that. in france and europe, there was no such stigma of women being examined for illness, birth, or whatever by male physicians, none, and equally important, students could make...
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i'm jim cornell, the president of the international science association and co-chair of the science and health book committee for the fourth annual tucson festival of books. my co-chair is daphne gilman who's here in the audience, and you'll see more of her good work if you go down to science city at the far end of the mall. we go beyond books, and we talk about science here. the, this is one of several, actually nine c-span programs to be broadcast live from this location plus live streams from somewhere else on the campus, and i want to give a warning to our c-span audience out there in video land, because we're going to be talking about blood and guts and murder and mayhem and sexual perversion, government malfeasance, medical malpractice. so you may think you've tuned into a reality show or perhaps -- [laughter] a presidential primary debate -- [laughter] don't touch that dial. [laughter] you're on the right cable channel, and we're going to be talking about some serious science with some serious authors. deborah blum, the author of "the poisonous handbook," to my far left. douglas
i'm jim cornell, the president of the international science association and co-chair of the science and health book committee for the fourth annual tucson festival of books. my co-chair is daphne gilman who's here in the audience, and you'll see more of her good work if you go down to science city at the far end of the mall. we go beyond books, and we talk about science here. the, this is one of several, actually nine c-span programs to be broadcast live from this location plus live streams...
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people of different cultures into our et myblitveysit spose ben le er k dsis k anther a ieresting social science data on it. robert putnam who i quoten the book o of al--iost nginuran diverse communities become weaker. it by weaker union less volunteerism and socia inractn,s cmit to co pct led un dan h n r sn other comes into their community. i am very pro legal immigration and think we could have more immiatanl nesa aguor spicliliut is uativsi otriisehd aeplacement for an argument rather than making an argument. one place where i have a problem with it ion wh--d he anorthveit igndowt falyaid it big affirmative-action case for the supreme court that diversity is portt shaspea ic fei lage ro wths e argument about affirmative action was as lbj said it is unir and unjust to taka manning ange his entire life thetake oth ai etope eqlyir bee heac oslery and jim crow we make a special effort toward the african-american pulation. that is a morally serious argument rrgen avsameho iended wo ond oth rarment. because of the potency of their argument has faded, theeft has run thef vey me sy diit g se vicoemp
people of different cultures into our et myblitveysit spose ben le er k dsis k anther a ieresting social science data on it. robert putnam who i quoten the book o of al--iost nginuran diverse communities become weaker. it by weaker union less volunteerism and socia inractn,s cmit to co pct led un dan h n r sn other comes into their community. i am very pro legal immigration and think we could have more immiatanl nesa aguor spicliliut is uativsi otriisehd aeplacement for an argument rather than...
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every political science professor talked about him. even a few folks outside the beltway learned what on earth was a senate parliamentarian, what do they do? he was briefly a washington celebrity. for those of us who work in the senate, alan frumin has always been a star, even when very few of us knew who he was or what job he did. but it didn't take us long after coming to the senate to learn that quickly. alan has served in the office of the secretary of senate since 1977. in his 18 years as chief parliamentarian, he has made countless difficult decisions with composure. he has the knowledge of complex rules that certainly would be deemed to be extraordinary. these are rules that are convoluted and the procedures are somewhat unique, and he understands every one of them. and he is, above all, impartial to a fault. mr. president, i have been upset at alan a true times when i wish he weren't so impartial, but he has been always impartial. that's why he's the only parliamentarian ever to be hired by both democrat and republican leaders
every political science professor talked about him. even a few folks outside the beltway learned what on earth was a senate parliamentarian, what do they do? he was briefly a washington celebrity. for those of us who work in the senate, alan frumin has always been a star, even when very few of us knew who he was or what job he did. but it didn't take us long after coming to the senate to learn that quickly. alan has served in the office of the secretary of senate since 1977. in his 18 years as...
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>> looks at the science and politics behind the medical marijuana movement. the author reports that 16 states that approved using marijuana for medical purposes the federal government continues to oppose these measures. this is just over an hour. .. >> there is no evidence that marijuana is effective for people in this class, and this is just a cheech and chong show. i would like to give you the evidence that shows just how very wrong he is today. how much it has been. i would like to begin a little bit of history about marijuana, the cannabis plant, and how we got where we are today. cannabis, the plant comes into have a originated in hindu area. the himalayas, the region surrounding western china. the foothills of the himalayan region. sprung up and began to be embraced for medicinal and spiritual years, and also practical use. because the seeds are very rich and nutrient in the fiber is very strong and used for rope fiber and other things like that. it became an integral part of human civilization fairly quickly. it migrated into india, where it really fou
>> looks at the science and politics behind the medical marijuana movement. the author reports that 16 states that approved using marijuana for medical purposes the federal government continues to oppose these measures. this is just over an hour. .. >> there is no evidence that marijuana is effective for people in this class, and this is just a cheech and chong show. i would like to give you the evidence that shows just how very wrong he is today. how much it has been. i would like...
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coonan for science are instrumental in calling for the report for the national academy of sciences to assess our prospects on inertial confinement fusion energy. the national academy released their interim report coming and again, i would ask unanimous consent to put the interim report into the record. >> this is not a report that's been discussed with the other side and normally, you know, we do that. >> i wasn't aware of that, mr. chairman. >> there would be objection unless you want to work it out with them. >> it's a national academy of science report. it's on the internet. >> and understand it's a very big report. we are aware of it. but the normal procedures to have it worked out and i think they would work with you if you do it before we close. >> i would be happy to do that. but i would like to note that the report basically it is a long report, but it is i would say enthusiastic about the process. originally, the goal for a commission was 2014. somehow that more often to 2012. and as the report, the national academy report indicates there's no guarantee. this is science, not
coonan for science are instrumental in calling for the report for the national academy of sciences to assess our prospects on inertial confinement fusion energy. the national academy released their interim report coming and again, i would ask unanimous consent to put the interim report into the record. >> this is not a report that's been discussed with the other side and normally, you know, we do that. >> i wasn't aware of that, mr. chairman. >> there would be objection unless...
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so the science, supporting this is solid. i mean, it's not incomprehensible that if you flood your body with cannabinoids from marijuana, and you have cancer, that you are going to powerful antitumor activity. and i know someone who has recently been cleared of lung cancer who is doing this with cannabis oil. she was also doing chemotherapy and dietary therapy, but still it's a pretty amazing recovery she's had. but we need to research it. we can't research it because it's illegal. and if you have cancer, i would say go ahead and take the oil, but do it with effective traditional therapies, to. >> the california medical association has a technical advisory committee, which is called legalization and taxation, and actually the california medical association supported legalization and taxation as the best way to manage cannabis. i think one question that comes up is it's currently a schedule one substance, as you mention. should it be rescheduled? should it be a drug? should it be treated as a dietary supplement or regulations
so the science, supporting this is solid. i mean, it's not incomprehensible that if you flood your body with cannabinoids from marijuana, and you have cancer, that you are going to powerful antitumor activity. and i know someone who has recently been cleared of lung cancer who is doing this with cannabis oil. she was also doing chemotherapy and dietary therapy, but still it's a pretty amazing recovery she's had. but we need to research it. we can't research it because it's illegal. and if you...
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i mean, it's not rocket science to see that we have a democratic senate, a republican house and a democratic president, and that's going to be the same starting january 3 of next year for at least two more years. so we know what we're dealing with, and i think it affects us right now in the fiscal cliff negotiations because we are not going to do anything unless it is bipartisan. we will not be able to pass anything in the house that doesn't have significant republican votes in the senate, and the democrats in the senate are not going to be able to support something that won't require some votes of democrats in the house. so we are together, maybe it's like a dysfunctional family, but we do have to work together because without bipartisanship, nothing is going anywhere. therefore, i think you have to go back to negotiations 101. which is that someone in a negotiation has to win some and lose some. the other party in a negotiation has to win some and lose some. the president is not going to get everything he wants. the republicans in the house and senate are not going to get everything we wan
i mean, it's not rocket science to see that we have a democratic senate, a republican house and a democratic president, and that's going to be the same starting january 3 of next year for at least two more years. so we know what we're dealing with, and i think it affects us right now in the fiscal cliff negotiations because we are not going to do anything unless it is bipartisan. we will not be able to pass anything in the house that doesn't have significant republican votes in the senate, and...
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the 19th century story of americans turning back across the atlantic to discover the science, the art and learning of the old world, even at a time when other americans were churning physically to this specifics to discover national resources, national beauty of challenges of the american frontier. america was opening up a new world physically in the west while in reaching itself culturally and intellectually in the great city of lights and the journey eastward across the sea. ladies and gentlemen, david mccullough came into my office two days after the first national book festival to say how important it was to continue to do this kind of event nationally and he offered to help in any way he could. one day after that came, the unspeakable tragedy of 9/11, one of the darkest days and all the narrative of our national life. but he came back next year to get the final talk at the book festival a year later and he ended it and away he he would not forget. some suggested you have to regulate what people think and write and even read and he ended it with just two words, we don't. [applause
the 19th century story of americans turning back across the atlantic to discover the science, the art and learning of the old world, even at a time when other americans were churning physically to this specifics to discover national resources, national beauty of challenges of the american frontier. america was opening up a new world physically in the west while in reaching itself culturally and intellectually in the great city of lights and the journey eastward across the sea. ladies and...
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you touched on your training as an electrical engineer, but somehow we are getting behind in science, technology, engineering and math. which could have implications on our national security and space programs. how would you respond to that? >> nasa shares that concern. in fact, i always tell people we are not, repeat, not the department of education, but we have more content that is available than any other federal agency. we can put a student in front of a tv and let them talk to astronauts on the international space station orbiting the earth 250 miles away any day of the week. we can bring -- there's only things we can do to try to inspire kids to get interested in science, math, technology. that's a which energy. with a program called summer of innovation that we introduced two years ago, a pilot, and we will go into our third year this summer. it's focused on middle school students and their teachers because nasa recognizes that we've got to start somewhere earlier than high school. high school is too late. we would love to go to elementary school but we just can't so we focus o
you touched on your training as an electrical engineer, but somehow we are getting behind in science, technology, engineering and math. which could have implications on our national security and space programs. how would you respond to that? >> nasa shares that concern. in fact, i always tell people we are not, repeat, not the department of education, but we have more content that is available than any other federal agency. we can put a student in front of a tv and let them talk to...
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we also need a lot more science and engineering. what i but like to start with saying is what we do to correct and help stem the field and achieve will also improve stem achievement for males and the first thing we need to do is look at the teacher training because teachers who were in elementary school which is where kids get a lot of that zest for life and enthusiasm for what's going on in the world around them in elementary school that is being alterman by people who teach just by looking at the right answers we need hands on education. succumb teachers' training is important because most elementary schoolteachers don't take any science classes in college. so that means what they are bringing to bear is whatever their bodies and everything was when they were in high school that's where they have the last science class. hands on education makes a difference. can you imagine trying to learn how to read without having a book to practice on? that's what reading is about. with sieminski to do experiments to the needs to be hands-on. k
we also need a lot more science and engineering. what i but like to start with saying is what we do to correct and help stem the field and achieve will also improve stem achievement for males and the first thing we need to do is look at the teacher training because teachers who were in elementary school which is where kids get a lot of that zest for life and enthusiasm for what's going on in the world around them in elementary school that is being alterman by people who teach just by looking at...
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perhaps part of the problem with women getting equal pay is that so few women take on what they call the science education act. as the only woman in my program back in the 80s. is there a way we can sort of push the younger generation to take those harder courses and face more of those barriers? >> there is an ability to do that. then you do, but in this situation, as i discovered, that women, even though they have the same qualifications, they are not treated equally. we also have to encourage women. that is where women have not made a significant of a leap as they had in law and medicine. it starts early. i think it starts in kindergarten or you have to encourage that. and i saw that same study. be that as it may, women are willing to make a lot more money in those fields. >> is there something you want to say? we have time for one more question. >> no, go ahead. go ahead and let the other people talk. >> okay. sandra fluke is one who wants an orgasm subsidized by taxpayer dollars. maybe if limbaugh had used the see word to describe her,. >> if you have a question, that would be better. [laugh
perhaps part of the problem with women getting equal pay is that so few women take on what they call the science education act. as the only woman in my program back in the 80s. is there a way we can sort of push the younger generation to take those harder courses and face more of those barriers? >> there is an ability to do that. then you do, but in this situation, as i discovered, that women, even though they have the same qualifications, they are not treated equally. we also have to...
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and physical sciences research program. that program coordinated both the hrp and the piece that i'll talk about when we get to the space operations director account. sorry. next slide. here we are. space ops. this is the space shuttle program that has thousands and thousands of pieces of equipment that need to be transitioned and retired, and we hope this is the last year we'll be asking for funds to do this. this is a multiyear program, and the biggest of those pieces of equipment are, of course, the orbiters themself, and the discovery is going to the smithsonian by political of this year moving the enterprise moves from there to the intrepid museum in new york, and the others transferred to the visitors center next year in 2013. next side. this is the main account to fund the international space station, funds the maintain operation, extension, and lifetime utilization of the isf research capabilities including oversight talked about in the video. there's also a slight increase in this account. it's primarily to fund cr
and physical sciences research program. that program coordinated both the hrp and the piece that i'll talk about when we get to the space operations director account. sorry. next slide. here we are. space ops. this is the space shuttle program that has thousands and thousands of pieces of equipment that need to be transitioned and retired, and we hope this is the last year we'll be asking for funds to do this. this is a multiyear program, and the biggest of those pieces of equipment are, of...
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again, you start with basic science -- but it turns out that none of us actually describes how science is actually working. in practice, not our discovery is coming from people arbitrarily working in a laboratory. and oh, my goodness, i discovered steam engine. it developed out of people who said i need to adapt this to my needs. do when the department of defense did a study, they said it turns out that there has been far more funding and the percentage of gdp by the private sector. by research foundations, amateur science, in the age before we had income and estate taxes. it is the opposite of what we've been. that so often, we just casually assume that things have to be the way they have always been. >> what is your difference in your mind between a conservative and libertarian? >> this is a tricky one. the libertarian has one basic principle, which is nonaggression. you cannot initiate force against anybody else. i think a lot of people would agree with that. of course, we know it is wrong. but libertarians would do take that to the logical consequence, which is that you look at the
again, you start with basic science -- but it turns out that none of us actually describes how science is actually working. in practice, not our discovery is coming from people arbitrarily working in a laboratory. and oh, my goodness, i discovered steam engine. it developed out of people who said i need to adapt this to my needs. do when the department of defense did a study, they said it turns out that there has been far more funding and the percentage of gdp by the private sector. by research...
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that is one area in technology and science where women have not made has significant a role as they have in law and medicine and it starts early. it starts in kindergarten where you have to encourage that. i saw the same study but be that as it may women make a lot more money -- [talking over each other] >> in the liberal arts. >> something you want to say? we have time for one more question. >> no, go ahead. the other people talk. >> sandra fluke went to orgasms subsidized by taxpayers dollars. may be of rush limbaugh had used the c word -- >> the have a question? >> sweden and norway, desirable countries chosen by you folks is very white of you. my question is would you like -- are we going to have some point in which hillary clinton advice is put into play, stop whining? >> everybody please. it is a really good question. >> i am far. we didn't hear a question. does someone have a question? >> i have a question. there is a way in which this conversation very much mirrors the conversation that men have about these issues or the issues that face the country that constantly make me feel l
that is one area in technology and science where women have not made has significant a role as they have in law and medicine and it starts early. it starts in kindergarten where you have to encourage that. i saw the same study but be that as it may women make a lot more money -- [talking over each other] >> in the liberal arts. >> something you want to say? we have time for one more question. >> no, go ahead. the other people talk. >> sandra fluke went to orgasms...
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classes, the science, technology, education, math. i went to school as an engineer back in the '80s, i was the only woman in many my program. now it's these many years later, and i still don't find any women who have become safety engineers the way i did. so is there a way we can sort of push the younger generation to take harder courses and to break more of those barriers? >> there is some work to do that, and the educational system is stepping up to do that, but you do come up against the situation that they discovered at yale, that women, even though they have the same qualifications, are not treated equally. >> i think we also have to encourage women. i mean, that's one area, in technology and science, where women have not made as significant a leap as they have in law and medicine. and it starts early. i think it starts in kindergarten where you have to encourage that. and, you know, i saw that same study, but be that as it may, women are making a lot more money in those fields than they do -- >> in humanities. >> -- unfortunatel
classes, the science, technology, education, math. i went to school as an engineer back in the '80s, i was the only woman in many my program. now it's these many years later, and i still don't find any women who have become safety engineers the way i did. so is there a way we can sort of push the younger generation to take harder courses and to break more of those barriers? >> there is some work to do that, and the educational system is stepping up to do that, but you do come up against...
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social science is really difficult for us to predict the future. we always can be wrong we do that. so i don't know. i mean, i would, i would say that the monarchy so far, at some point they will have to deal with consequences of not offering meaningful reforms. now a seems to carry, especially because of the status the i.t. coming back to this. because of the status of the monarchy. i think it's parallel to an acoustic unique because i think more needs to be done in order to study the system in the middle east. in the middle is, if you look at something right now, the interesting thing is, monarchy still seem perturbed by the arid climate as much as the republican states in the arab world. and i think that merits a bit of investigation and examination. maybe we should look at what makes them as survived and compared it to moroccan? the moroccan? no, is remarkable because we had these unique and religious traditional idiosyncrasies that i was a cannot be parallel elsewhere. i'm sure maybe the monarch's in the gulf region or jordan have certain traditional or tribal legitimate source
social science is really difficult for us to predict the future. we always can be wrong we do that. so i don't know. i mean, i would, i would say that the monarchy so far, at some point they will have to deal with consequences of not offering meaningful reforms. now a seems to carry, especially because of the status the i.t. coming back to this. because of the status of the monarchy. i think it's parallel to an acoustic unique because i think more needs to be done in order to study the system...
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should do more in science. the thing that gets connected to the most is the state's program and the desire for the united states to compete there. he had it at his home state up front he wanted to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade and put a lot of resources into that. but basically been different and new and having hope for the future i'm trying to challenge the country to have hope for
should do more in science. the thing that gets connected to the most is the state's program and the desire for the united states to compete there. he had it at his home state up front he wanted to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade and put a lot of resources into that. but basically been different and new and having hope for the future i'm trying to challenge the country to have hope for
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so i tried science. c-span: and--and science magazine is bought by what kind of person? >> guest: it's actually really mostly a subscription magazine and it's scientists and policy-makers who usually read it. but they have a new section that's written for--it's supposed to be written for anybody to read. it's-it can get kind of technical, but the idea is to write something so that a physicist who wants to know what they're doing in molecular biology doesn't have to know any of the stuff that led up to this discovery. it's just like writing a--a normal news story. all they have to do is just read it and they'll understand what's exciting. c-span: who owns it? >> guest: it's owned by the american association for the advancement of science, a non-profit group. c-span: and you mention another magazine that these kind of things are published in is nature? >> guest: nature. it's, like, science's big competitor. it's a british magazine--very similar, has a news section, written by science. it has mostly scientific articles. c-span: go back to 1918 again. h--what was--was this a
so i tried science. c-span: and--and science magazine is bought by what kind of person? >> guest: it's actually really mostly a subscription magazine and it's scientists and policy-makers who usually read it. but they have a new section that's written for--it's supposed to be written for anybody to read. it's-it can get kind of technical, but the idea is to write something so that a physicist who wants to know what they're doing in molecular biology doesn't have to know any of the stuff...
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it iasubbih lkia why science reacted to it. they let pseudoscience mass on. they felt the need to talk about it. he looks about the reception of the box and talking about how teewiieesut scientific inquire something that is discussed in convsation about climate change and evolution. >> west we've been talking with kerry ada ursof methewtitscog ou to 2012. he recounts america's many am churl and vetters from ecitdm zuckerberg. this is about 45 inutes. itaeou start asking yourself who i am and why i am here? 16, 17, automatic my friends claimed to be, you know, i did send ens ofrere thliha id hrdheamily house that we had many famous relatives. i begn to ask my mother about it. my mother grew exhausted with the pestering nd sen me ts etrit i arrived at the home a summer day. after iced tea i was presented with a ladies and large sheet of paper. t mte tenr, swe m umcevidna she wrote my two parent and the next circle she wrote the names my four grandparts. we filled out. in that area where her family and minonge seglndee through backyard until my ancestors were ho
it iasubbih lkia why science reacted to it. they let pseudoscience mass on. they felt the need to talk about it. he looks about the reception of the box and talking about how teewiieesut scientific inquire something that is discussed in convsation about climate change and evolution. >> west we've been talking with kerry ada ursof methewtitscog ou to 2012. he recounts america's many am churl and vetters from ecitdm zuckerberg. this is about 45 inutes. itaeou start asking yourself who i am...
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so so you have very unusual things a computer science department, the top computer science departments in the united states, many are over 50% foreign-born. the you see berkeley computer science department, which is super top-notch, 77% foreign-born. and then you get this irony, which is if you go to hire those people they can't get hiv cars. they got a world best education. where they were, companies like microsoft create five jobs and engineers to people doing taxing, but we do it wherever we can get engineers. so to the degree they have to go back to india or china, that forces the other skill sets to be developed enough countries. so definitely there is, as you said, and attrition in terms of interest did not lie in that starts in high school. the first year of college drops off a lot. even as people compensate to microsoft as an engineer, more of the wind and then moving to marketing and general management type roles in the mails do. we just have this incredible attrition. both in terms of the absolute numbers and in terms of women and minority. so by the time you take an engineer
so so you have very unusual things a computer science department, the top computer science departments in the united states, many are over 50% foreign-born. the you see berkeley computer science department, which is super top-notch, 77% foreign-born. and then you get this irony, which is if you go to hire those people they can't get hiv cars. they got a world best education. where they were, companies like microsoft create five jobs and engineers to people doing taxing, but we do it wherever we...
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that is roughly half in the school of architecture and half in the school of engineering and applied science. my colleague, my lead colleague in engineering is a fantastic person who is not with us today, but he is a driving force in this project. we have had a series of other advisers -- advises that have been involved. and then discipline's across the whole range of students at the university of virginia. our primary focus is to work with affordable housing organizations such as habitat and gauge what their needs are and see what we can provide for them. we do that in a way that is trying as much as possible to listen to those needs and also stress the organization, maybe provide something that they had not expected to do something that might make them think about doing things that differ way. at the for every partnership we have had we have had some things that we feel like there has been an impact on the organization and hopefully a positive one. and so that is a big part of this. i firmly believe in that form of education. so leading into that let me explain how the book is broken down.
that is roughly half in the school of architecture and half in the school of engineering and applied science. my colleague, my lead colleague in engineering is a fantastic person who is not with us today, but he is a driving force in this project. we have had a series of other advisers -- advises that have been involved. and then discipline's across the whole range of students at the university of virginia. our primary focus is to work with affordable housing organizations such as habitat and...
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i am proud to say that his science is a well reasoned coming andll his passing prost deserve the integrity of the atmosphere at work to ther his scientifici community. the most compelling part of this tale is that and all the truth. i have heard nothing but praise for his book and i share that as well. let us welcome our guest of honor tonight, erik larson. [applause] >> after all that i think she has set about everything i'mly going to say, so i am just going to go home. [laughter]one >> thanks very much. r your check will be coming to you in the mail shortly. ok which of these is on?ken. bo this the one? they are both on?en can everybody hear me okay?yo i tend tou be quite soft-spokenr first thinks everybody forometin coming out. this is great. eqal rhen you come to a bookstore you can sometimes, and there's nobody there and it is a niceb isllo room. but nothing really equals thet - terrible thing that happened to the writer reading this book and about 25 chairs are set out because it didn't happen to me, you see. there were about 25 chairs and his talk was separated, but hesn is waiting
i am proud to say that his science is a well reasoned coming andll his passing prost deserve the integrity of the atmosphere at work to ther his scientifici community. the most compelling part of this tale is that and all the truth. i have heard nothing but praise for his book and i share that as well. let us welcome our guest of honor tonight, erik larson. [applause] >> after all that i think she has set about everything i'mly going to say, so i am just going to go home. [laughter]one...
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kennedy school, professional school, not a political science department. people who are going to work in government and public policy. and therefore like a lot of business schools they do a lot of teaching by the caseload and there was a little shock of full time case writers and i got this wonderful job doing that except that nobody read your stuff and it is like working at the new yorker. lots -- you call somebody and say i am at harvard and the like to interview and they say yes. a training ground for what i wanted to. writers serve as serial academics. you are completely fascinated by whatever you are doing at the time and without a second thought you do something else. that is how i was trying to be a good writer. on got tagged by a group of faculty at the school who were beginning a big project on reinventing policeing. to me it was just like any other assignments and as part of that work i spent the next ten years going to cities around the country that were doing break through police work and because this was the mid 80s a lot of what they were doi
kennedy school, professional school, not a political science department. people who are going to work in government and public policy. and therefore like a lot of business schools they do a lot of teaching by the caseload and there was a little shock of full time case writers and i got this wonderful job doing that except that nobody read your stuff and it is like working at the new yorker. lots -- you call somebody and say i am at harvard and the like to interview and they say yes. a training...
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science, technology, the greatest standard of living in the world. it seemed that all the nobel prize winners came from the united states. our gdp, 25% of it, came from manufacturing. including a lot of activity right here in this state. and i look at where we sit today, 9% of our gdp is derived from manufacturing. that's unsustainable. we are handing down to the next generation a much different america than the one we got. and i say i had a choice then, as i came back from china as the united states ambassador. you can either stand on the sidelines and watch it all play out, or you can get in the arena and fight. you can get in the arena and broaden the debate and add to it because this election cycle is all about you. and it's about the country that we are about to hand over to you. so what is it my generation does? we package this thing called humanity that represents my generation, who we are. it's about our values. it's about the economy. it's about our stand in the world. it's about our competitive this. and we give it to you but it's the best
science, technology, the greatest standard of living in the world. it seemed that all the nobel prize winners came from the united states. our gdp, 25% of it, came from manufacturing. including a lot of activity right here in this state. and i look at where we sit today, 9% of our gdp is derived from manufacturing. that's unsustainable. we are handing down to the next generation a much different america than the one we got. and i say i had a choice then, as i came back from china as the united...
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and i had a -- i added science to the. and we're also going to the state takeover schools that are chronically failing, fix them. and we're going to equalize some of the funding for students and we're going to open up more charter schools and open the door to charter schools in our state the people of greater choice. and, and interestingly these measures and others had a big impact. massachusetts for students are ranked now number one in the nation. there are four measures. we rank number one in all four measures out of all 50 states. and i added something else to what they do. i said those who pass this exam, the graduation exam, if you pass in the top quarter of your high school class, you aren't in titled to a scholarship which were established which is four years tuition free at a massachusetts institution of higher learning, public institution. and so -- [applause] so we created a big incentive for kids to do well, for schools to do well, for schools that trouble to be managed by folks that into the back on track. by
and i had a -- i added science to the. and we're also going to the state takeover schools that are chronically failing, fix them. and we're going to equalize some of the funding for students and we're going to open up more charter schools and open the door to charter schools in our state the people of greater choice. and, and interestingly these measures and others had a big impact. massachusetts for students are ranked now number one in the nation. there are four measures. we rank number one...
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[laughter] but it comes from political science but they are very similar but to as far as i am concerned they are both completely discredited. >> you spoke eloquently but give us a review of the birth of the fears the were alluding to. >> fear was natural in my opinion. i was scared. the interesting for a is how to read direct that for your own purpose is that went to a lot of tea party rally is. by the way the book is called "pity the billionaire". [laughter] i went to a lot of some of rallies and they talk about ramping get up making it sound more dramatic but they would move the focus. so was set of talking about the destruction of our economy but our liberties. instead of pouring about the power of wall street but obama's the dictator. a classic example is to talk about debt. and it was out of control but we have a debt crisis that the government runs to bigger the deficit. they are. i should not get all huffy. it is my opinion. [laughter] good to what you see is the redirection from the obvious targets to the fantasy culprit. there is a whole industry that does this. fox news you sh
[laughter] but it comes from political science but they are very similar but to as far as i am concerned they are both completely discredited. >> you spoke eloquently but give us a review of the birth of the fears the were alluding to. >> fear was natural in my opinion. i was scared. the interesting for a is how to read direct that for your own purpose is that went to a lot of tea party rally is. by the way the book is called "pity the billionaire". [laughter] i went to a...
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so this essentially has become history or political science without proper nouns. people leave alt be on the other hand, carl leal takes the most extreme opposition and says that history is nothing but biographies of great men and this is character as a great man in history as one person after another after another and when i thought these are incompatible people you can't get further apart in your view but both arguments make sense. the social scientists are the people with the tradition of not just marks but most social scientists. there are three reasons why leaders don't actually matter that much. the leader of any organization faces external constraints of you are the ceo of the company you can't set your price at whatever you want. they have internal constraints, the tradition and culture and all the things that happen inside of the country, so you can't do whatever you want. most importantly the leaders are not chosen randomly. most leaders are powerful organizations. organizations that really do have the ability to shape history. they are picked because the
so this essentially has become history or political science without proper nouns. people leave alt be on the other hand, carl leal takes the most extreme opposition and says that history is nothing but biographies of great men and this is character as a great man in history as one person after another after another and when i thought these are incompatible people you can't get further apart in your view but both arguments make sense. the social scientists are the people with the tradition of...
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you're a trailblazer. >> is on the science committee and i remember one point we had dulled by the science guy. i said you've done a lot to interest young people in the sciences. don't you think we really need to have technology gaps? he said you know, you're right. i introduced legislation to get more women and minorities involved in science and knowledge it. and the commission was set up at very distinguished the whole, men as well as women on that came up with wonderful recommendations. they divided into three sections , did the elementary years, the other years and then the postgraduate years. all along the way has done anything to inspire women. we at the number one users of the internet and information type allergy. was that they spoke? >> some women. and they also found that not only was there not been nurturing along the way, certainly wasn't the thing to do to be involved in the sciences, but it was also the isolation later when they got involved in the profession. they didn't have colleagues around they could turn to who are women. the guys had their own clinic. so i'd think and
you're a trailblazer. >> is on the science committee and i remember one point we had dulled by the science guy. i said you've done a lot to interest young people in the sciences. don't you think we really need to have technology gaps? he said you know, you're right. i introduced legislation to get more women and minorities involved in science and knowledge it. and the commission was set up at very distinguished the whole, men as well as women on that came up with wonderful...
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regulatory science to keep up with basic science so these things -- that is an exciting thing about our industry. as the cost of drugs increase and the economic pressure on the system is greater it will help us to be able to demonstrate utility of that drug for benefit in a specific patient population. i see that as an exciting thing. a way to provide value going forward. i think that will only help innovation. not hurt innovation. on the china thing, i would not take one example of a clinical trial that we have done and not have it replicated and say the problem is necessarily in china ever since the united states. the fact of the matter is our industry is one where most drug candidates fail and often in smaller trials you can't read complected -- replicate them but we learn about a side effect that didn't appear in a smaller trial. so i would say what we do when they come with the same drug is trying very hard in our due diligence to ask all the right questions to make sure we are not wasting shareholders' money to get access to the underlying data or give ourselves the right opportun
regulatory science to keep up with basic science so these things -- that is an exciting thing about our industry. as the cost of drugs increase and the economic pressure on the system is greater it will help us to be able to demonstrate utility of that drug for benefit in a specific patient population. i see that as an exciting thing. a way to provide value going forward. i think that will only help innovation. not hurt innovation. on the china thing, i would not take one example of a clinical...